Gurugram, Nov. 11 -- Two 12-year-old girls drowned while taking bath in a water body of golf course in an upcoming residential society in Gurugram Sector-71, police said on Wednesday.

Both were natives of Bihar, police said, adding that the incident happened between 12.30pm and 1pm on Tuesday.

According to police, a group of four children sneaked inside the green area premises through a narrow gap in the peripheral wall and were taking bath in the water body.

A senior police official said that the green area where the waterbody was present, was fenced with brick wall and wires. "However, there was a tree amid the fence which had created a narrow opening from where the children managed to sneak inside and gained access to the water body...